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mini-man
2007-11-23 08:01
Still, BBI wasn't meant for fancy bitmaps, I don't think. It was meant for wharfs, fancy toolbars, sidebars, etc...So I don't think it will go poof anytime soon. :/

crowmag
2007-11-23 07:43
/\/\inimal got my drift right on the bitmaps, the assembler drawing code could be leaner and faster.

mini-man
2007-11-23 07:32
I don't think this should have any affect on any plugins, hopefully 80% of us sane folks will stick to using the sane builds. I think crowmag was talking about BBI bitmaps, how you can simulate bitmap skinning on certain areas, like the toolbar. I fear more for bbLeanBar, SystemBarEx, and other plugins that use the normal style syntax to work...with this new BorkBorkLean (or bbCleanMod, whichever you prefer), I think a good 90-95% of all plugins are now obsolete. :(

qwilk
2007-11-23 05:44
BBI? What do you mean?

crowmag
2007-11-23 02:48
Another thought - if toa makes the source available (and thus the drawing code), what might that mean for BBInterface?

crowmag
2007-11-23 02:43
I don't know how toa is going to implement it but, it seems to me that style file corruption could be avoided by having his core read a .skin file which could in turn read a .style file in whole or in part as well as bitmap assignments. At any rate, the .skin file by it's self would be useless without the bitmaps... Personally, while I might flirt a bit with toa's branch, NEB is the branch for me :)

qwilk
2007-11-22 22:42
I'm more concerned about style syntax chaos and general confusion than about bitmaps per se. It's not my cup of tea, and I agree you'd likely be better off using LiteStep if you want bitmaps, but everyone's entitled to choose for themselves... Btw Soiled, the original BBWinSkin had two skinning engines - one using *box gradients and one using bitmaps. The reason for this was that it was based on the legacy of ShellWM - a bitmap based window skinner.

iTiVO
2007-11-22 19:21
Those split gradients on the NEB lokk HOT. Don't know wether i'll ever use bitmap skinning

cthu1hu
2007-11-22 18:38
I once thought icons in menus were the end of the world. Now I can't wait for all the new stuff.

thewayofzen
2007-11-22 18:04
gross.. i think i just threw up in my mouth.

NitroGliser
2026-05-01 04:10
yo folk, some NSFW themes or balkanish serbian vibe?

patm
2026-02-03 01:07
I love that this is still here, remeber handing out in irc for this and litestep, almost 30 years ago now

r-i
2025-12-11 13:31
greetz from cy-x.net where'd the forum go?

snkmchnb
2025-11-21 23:09
I really need to go back and redo some of the styles from when I first started.

zerrrg
2025-11-20 07:06
Wow holy crap, all this still exists. I haven't been on this site in forever. I'm glad to see blackbox, and all the other *box window managers and styles and stuff are still out there. So cool. Hi everyone!

antehex
2025-10-16 12:05
also, another question, how do i search with the windows ui? not with blackbox or sum

antehex
2025-10-16 11:55
hey guys how do i customize the layout of my menus n things pretty boring having my "taskbar" at the top

mogof
2025-10-11 09:27
how to apply this?

light
2025-10-10 00:46
it uses 1% of cpu !!! one Megabyte !!!!!!!!!!

bb4win1
2025-08-16 16:11
The fact that this is all up and still running is remarkable. Can't wait to try this on my pc